BUT.....BUT.....BUT.........Edwards has little political experience!

[Hubert Flottz]

Knowing Politics Inside Out

SNIP>

There is a widespread impression that Abraham Lincoln entered the White House with practically no experience. Almost everybody has heard stories about how the small-town prairie lawyer served only a single term in Congress and did not hold public office for over a decade prior to his inauguration. Many people even believe that he had been something of a failure in the years before his presidency.

His story has provided one of the nation's more enduring variations on the classic outsider myth - and also one of the more misleading. The truth is that Lincoln became a great president because he was so thoroughly prepared for the demands of the job. During an era of intense partisanship and shifting political alignments, he was arguably the most seasoned candidate and party leader ever to occupy the White House. If this presumably straightforward conclusion has been somewhat lost in the historical shuffle, it is because political virtues are among the least appreciated within an American culture that traditionally bemoans the failures of its "system."

http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/3381

"During an era of intense partisanship and shifting political alignments," OH, LIKE NOW?

Edited for the pedantic!

[Not Me]

1. Lincoln was also a..........TRIAL LAWYER !

n/t

[rpannier]

2. You left out liberal n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

5. I covered that base the other day!

The pubbies don't have a leg to stand on and they know it!

[Salmo Trutta]

3. You know, traditionally

the ellipse is a series of 3 dots, not commas.

Just busting your balls...

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Whadda' ya want good grammar...............or the truth?

:evilgrin:

Edit Damn....err...Dang!

[Salmo Trutta]

7. Can't I have both?

:spank:

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Otay, there you are Salmo!

Is Dat better?

[Salmo Trutta]

9. Yes....much easier on the eyes....LOL

:toast:

[Hubert Flottz]

11. I aim to please!

And so does Kerry and Edwards! :beer:

[Salmo Trutta]

14. I was talking with my wife this AM

and we both came to the conclusion that the K-E ticket is going to win by a comfortable margin.

[Hubert Flottz]

15. My wife and I think the same thing!

Welcome to DU Salmo!

[Salmo Trutta]

17. Thanks...

watching and hearing Bush every day reminds me of a man in his last measure of desperation.

Thanks for the welcome.

[Salmo Trutta]

10. But you still have to fix #6!

OK, I'll stop harrasing you now...

LOL

[2Design]

4. After 3 1/2 years Bush still does not have any experience ...eom

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. BUT,,,BUT,,,BUT,,Edwards has little political experience!

BUT,,,BUT,,,BUT,,Edwards has little political experience!<<

Translation: He isn't bought and paid for by some corporate interests. End translation.

Bring on the money changers.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1887208046/qid=1089383088/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-2741043-4210463?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

>>From Publishers Weekly
This well-documented, apocalyptic tome describes the global spread of corporate power as a malignant cancer exercising a market tyranny that is gradually destroying lives, democratic institutions and the ecosystem for the benefit of greedy companies and investors. Korten (Getting to the 21st Century) points out his conservative roots and business credentials?and then proceeds to finger such classic conspiracy-theory scapegoats as the Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations as the planning agents of the new world economic order he decries. Korten, founder of the People-Centered Development Forum, prescribes a reordering of developmental priorities to restore local control and benefits. Suggested reforms include shifting tax policies to punish greed and reward social responsibility, placing a 100% reserve requirement on demand deposits at banks and closing the World Bank, which he claims encourages indebtedness in nations that can't afford it.<<

>>From Library Journal
Korten (Getting to the Twenty-First Century, Kumarian Pr., 1990) brings impressive credentials to the task of blaming large international corporations for many of the social and environmental problems confronting people all over the world. Using numerous well-researched examples, Korten argues that not only do today's corporations exploit labor and the environment, but governments (particularly the U.S. government), the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, aid and abet this...<<

Don't hate me cuz I'm

[Trailrider1951]

13. So, what "experience" did shrubya have???

Just one or two terms as a state governor in a state where the lieutenant governor has all the power. Oh, that and a wealthy and politically powerful daddy.

[pathansen]

16. Yes, Bush had only 6 years political experience just like Edwards

And Bush ran for the Presidency, not just the Vice Presidency

[Hubert Flottz]

18. The Daddy Factor!

I guess the GOPers mean that because Edward's Dad worked for a living, instead of Lying, Cheating, Kissing Asses and Stealing like Poppy did, that Edwards somehow falls short!

[wadestock]

19. Hopefully 8 years from now....

After championing and succeeding in giving us much needed national "preventative" health care starting with children....

and after hopefully succeeding in implementing a number of programs that will help the working man....

He will have plenty of experience to be president.

[Hubert Flottz]

20. I said it the day Kerry came forward and named Edwards that...

Kerry/Edwards is a sixteen year ticket! It will take at least sixteen years to right the wrong that Bush has done in three and a half years!

Edit} I think we have a winner!